| 2007–08 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball | |||
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| MAC West Division Champions | |||
| Conference | Mid-American Conference West | ||
| 2007–08 record | 20–12 (12–4 MAC) | ||
| Head coach | Steve Hawkins | ||
| Assistant coach | Clayton Bates | ||
| Assistant coach | Cornell Mann | ||
| Assistant coach | Andy Hipsher | ||
| Home arena | University Arena | ||
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The 2007–2008 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team is a NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Broncos, 20–12 overall and 12–4 in the conference, captured the MAC West Division championship by 4 games and earned the #2 seed in the conference tournament. WMU reached the semi-finals of the MAC tournament before falling to #3 seed Akron.
During the regular season, Western Michigan defeated #25 ranked Davidson College, a team that reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. WMU finished the non-conference portion of their schedule 7–7, defeating Davidson, Detroit Mercy, Loyola Chicago, North Carolina Central, Pepperdine, Southern Illinois and Wisconsin–Green Bay.
WMU also retained the Michigan MAC Trophy for the third consecutive season.
Sophomore David Kool and senior Joe Reitz earned First Team All-MAC honors. Reitz was also named to the MAC All-Tournament team.
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The Broncos were picked to win the West Division by members of the MAC News Media Association, receiving 23 of 32 possible first place votes (Toledo received 6 votes and Central Michigan 3). Western Michigan also received 6 votes to win the MAC Tournament, which was second to Kent State (7 votes).
Joe Reitz was named to the Preseason All-MAC Team.
| No. | Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown (Previous school) |
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| 4 | Derek Drews | F | 6'5" | 224 | Jr. | Elkhart, IN (Elkhart Central) |
| 1 | Derek Fracalossi | G/F | 6'5" | 203 | Sr. | Davison, MI (Davison) |
| 34 | Shawntes Gary | G | 6'2" | 207 | Jr. | Elkhart, IN (Concord) |
| 13 | Justin Hairston * | F | 6'5" | 215 | Fr. | Fort Wayne, IN (Fort Wayne South) |
| 5 | Andrew Hershberger | F | 6'7" | 223 | Sr. | Goshen, IN (Goshen) |
| 0 | Dan Hess | F/C | 6'7" | 225 | Sr. | Owosso, MI (Corunna) |
| 23 | David Kool | G | 6'3" | 200 | So. | Grand Rapids, MI (South Christian) |
| 2 | Silver Laku | G | 6'2" | 180 | Sr. | Toronto, ON (Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute) |
| 33 | Donald Lawson | C | 6'9" | 234 | So. | Chicago, IL (Leo Catholic) |
| 21 | Martelle McLemore | G | 6'5" | 198 | So. | Detroit, MI (Consortium Prep) |
| 22 | Michael Redell | G | 6'0" | 183 | Jr. | Rockford, MI (Cleveland State) |
| 42 | Joe Reitz | C | 6'7" | 256 | Sr. | Fishers, IN (Hamilton Southeastern) |
| 12 | Andre Ricks | G | 5'9" | 159 | Jr. | Detroit, MI (Pershing) |
| 15 | Alex Wolf | G | 5'11" | 198 | Fr.-R | Parchment, MI (Parchment) |
| 3 | Jon Workman * | F | 6'9" | 220 | So. | LaGrange, IN (Lakeland) |
* Will redshirt the 2007–2008 season
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Record | |||
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| 11/1/07* | 7:00pm | Tri-State | University Arena • Kalamazoo, MI (Exhibition) |
W 94–54 | 2,088 | 0–0 | |||||
| 11/10/07* | 9:30pm | vs. Pacific | McArthur Court • Eugene, OR (World Vision Invitational) |
L 90–76 | 8,601 | 0–1 | |||||
| 11/11/07* | 6:30pm | vs. Pepperdine | McArthur Court • Eugene, OR (World Vision Invitational) |
W 70–65 | 8,406 | 1–1 | |||||
| 11/12/07* | 10:30pm | at #13 Oregon | McArthur Court • Eugene, OR (World Vision Invitational) |
ESPN Full Court | L 97–88 | 8,341 | 1–2 | ||||
| 11/16/07* | 8:00pm | at Loyola Chicago | Alumni Gym • Chicago, IL | WYIN | W 63–61 | 1,100 | 2–2 | ||||
| 11/19/07* | 7:00pm | at Detroit Mercy | Calihan Hall • Detroit, MI | W 60–59 | 2,085 | 3–2 | |||||
| 11/21/07* | 7:00pm | #25 Davidson | University Arena • Kalamazoo, MI | W 83–76 | 3,542 | 4–2 | |||||
| 11/28/07* | 8:05pm | at Valparaiso | Athletics-Recreation Center • Valparaiso, IN | L 77–65 | 3,678 | 4–3 | |||||
| 12/1/07* | 10:00pm | at San Diego State | Cox Arena • San Diego, CA | L 72–61 | 7,122 | 4–4 | |||||
| 12/8/07* | 2:00pm | Northwestern | University Arena • Kalamazoo, MI | L 65–63 | 4,112 | 4–5 | |||||
| 12/15/07* | 7:00pm | at Indiana-Purdue Indianapolis | IUPUI Gymnasium • Indianapolis, IN | L 71–63 | 972 | 4–6 | |||||
| 12/18/07* | 7:00pm | Southern Illinois | University Arena • Kalamazoo, MI | W 57–41 | 3,168 | 5–6 | |||||
| 12/22/07* | 2:00pm | at Iona | Hynes Athletic Center • New Rochelle, NY | L 67–62 | 1,411 | 5–7 | |||||
| 1/2/08* | 7:00pm | North Carolina Central | University Arena • Kalamazoo, MI | W 70–43 | 2,832 | 6–7 | |||||
| 1/5/08 | 2:00pm | Northern Illinois | University Arena • Kalamazoo, MI | W 86–69 | 3,204 | 7–7 (1–0) | |||||
| 1/12/08 | 4:00pm | at Eastern Michigan | Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, MI (Michigan MAC Trophy) |
L 81–71 | 1,397 | 7–8 (1–1) | |||||
| 1/16/08 | 7:00pm | at Ball State | John E. Worthen Arena • Muncie, IN | Ball State Sports Network | W 71–45 | 3,201 | 8–8 (2–1) | ||||
| 1/19/08 | 2:00pm | Toledo | University Arena • Kalamazoo, MI | W 75–62 | 4,157 | 9–8 (3–1) | |||||
| 1/22/08 | 7:00pm | Central Michigan | University Arena • Kalamazoo, MI (Michigan MAC Trophy) |
ESPNU | W 72–52 | 3,859 | 10–8 (4–1) | ||||
| 1/27/08 | 2:00pm | at Kent State | Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center • Kent, OH | L 67–58 | 3,674 | 10–9 (4–2) | |||||
| 1/29/08 | 7:00pm | at Buffalo | Alumni Arena • Buffalo, NY | W 100–90 2OT | 1,787 | 11–9 (5–2) | |||||
| 2/2/08 | 4:00pm | Bowling Green | University Arena • Kalamazoo, MI | W 64–50 | 4,116 | 12–9 (6–2) | |||||
| 2/6/08 | 7:00pm | Akron | University Arena • Kalamazoo, MI | Comcast Local | W 86–66 | 2,733 | 13–9 (7–2) | ||||
| 2/9/08 | 2:30pm | at Ohio | Convocation Center • Athens, OH | Comcast Local, FSN Ohio | L 57–54 | 6,884 | 13–10 (7–3) | ||||
| 2/12/08 | 7:00pm | Miami | University Arena • Kalamazoo, MI | W 78–75 2OT | 3,172 | 14–10 (8–3) | |||||
| 2/20/08 | 9:00pm | Eastern Michigan | University Arena • Kalamazoo, MI (Michigan MAC Trophy) |
ESPNU | W 70–52 | 3,014 | 15–10 (9–3) | ||||
| 2/23/08* | 8:05pm | at Wisconsin–Green Bay | Resch Center • Green Bay, WI (ESPN Bracket Busters) |
W 74–67 | 3,414 | 16–10 | |||||
| 2/26/08 | 8:00pm | at Northern Illinois | Convocation Center • DeKalb, IL | W 56–49 | 2,032 | 17–10 (10–3) | |||||
| 3/1/08 | 7:00pm | at Toledo | Savage Hall • Toledo, OH | W 69–55 | 6,813 | 18–10 (11–3) | |||||
| 3/4/08 | 7:00pm | at Central Michigan | Daniel P. Rose Center • Mount Pleasant, MI (Michigan MAC Trophy) |
Comcast TV | L 72–68 | 1,178 | 18–11 (11–4) | ||||
| 3/9/08 | 2:00pm | Ball State | University Arena • Kalamazoo, MI | Ball State Sports Network | W 57–53 | 4,546 | 19–11 (12–4) | ||||
| 3/13/08* | 12:00pm | vs. Eastern Michigan | Quicken Loans Arena • Cleveland, OH (MAC Tournament quarterfinals) |
FSN Ohio, FSN Plus | W 70–61 | TBA | 20–11 | ||||
| 3/14/08* | 7:00pm | vs. Akron | Quicken Loans Arena • Cleveland, OH (MAC Tournament semifinals) |
FSN Ohio, FSN Plus | L 73–62 | TBA | 20–12 | ||||
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* Received #4 seed based on 1–1 record vs. #1 Kent State; Miami was 0–2 vs. Kent State. Ohio and Miami split the season series 1–1.
** Received #6 seed based on 1–0 record vs. #3 Akron; EMU was 0–1 vs. Akron. CMU and EMU split the season series 1–1 and had the same record vs. #1 Kent State (0–1) and #2 WMU (1–1).
Western Michigan signed forwards Muhammed Conteh, Justin Hairston and Flenard Whitfield, center Lemarcus Lowe and guards Mike Douglas and Demetrius Ward during this season[1]. Each player will be a freshman for the 2008–09 season. Lowe was rated the #1 Michigan high school center in 2007[2].
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